Imprisoned 5 years for shooting himself in groin

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Actually he is sentenced to 5 years because he shot himself with a prohibited weapon. ...

Drinking and shotguns in your pants don't mix

Man jailed for illegal firearm possession after shooting self in groinThe

Associated Press

Updated: 5:00 p.m. ET July 13, 2004SHEFFIELD, England - A man who shot himself in the groin after drinking 15 pints of beer and stuffing a sawed-off shotgun down his trousers was jailed for five years Tuesday for illegal possession of a firearm.

David Walker, 28, underwent emergency surgery after the March 6 incident in Dinnington, northern England. Tests were continuing to learn if Walker would be left infertile, his lawyer Gulzar Syed said.

“He still feels quite severe pain,” Syed told Sheffield Crown Court, adding that some pellets still were lodged in Walker’s groin area.

Walker had admitted one charge of possession of a prohibited firearm at a previous hearing.

Prosecuting lawyer Andrew Hatton told the court Walker had gone home to get the shotgun after arguing in the pub with lifelong friend Stuart Simpson about whose turn it was to buy a beer.

As he was returning to the pub, which had closed by then, he accidentally fired the weapon.

“He had it shoved down his trousers,” Hatton said. “After the shotgun had discharged he placed it in a rubbish bin and crawled back to his home.”

Walker told officers he was so drunk he had no idea how he managed to shoot himself and why he had gone home for the gun.

Judge Robert Moore said recent legislation regarding banned weapons meant he had to impose the statutory five-year minimum sentence.

“The shooting of yourself is plainly an exceptional circumstance which is capable of reducing the sentence,” Moore said. “But in this case, I am quite certain, it does not justify reducing it below the statutory minimum.”

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And yet another canidate for the Darwin Awards.

RW

[Paolo]

From an article in the tank:

Tuesday July 13, 01:42 PM

Man blasted testicles with shotgun

A 28-year-old man who shot himself in the testicles with a sawn-off shotgun has been jailed for five years.

David Walker had drunk 15 pints of lager when he accidentally discharged the gun which was stuffed down his trousers, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

The court was told how Walker underwent emergency surgery following the incident in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, and tests are continuing to find out how it will affect his fertility and future "sexual relationships".

A judge heard how he went home for the gun after spending an evening in the pub arguing

with lifelong friend Stuart Simpson about whose turn it was to buy a beer.

Andrew Hatton, prosecuting, told the court Walker left the pub and returned later with the shotgun but the bar had closed by this time and Mr Simpson had left.

Mr Hatton said: "He went home to get his gun. As he was returning to the area of the pub with it the gun went off.

"He had it shoved down his trousers.

After the shotgun had discharged he placed it in a rubbish bin and crawled back to his home

address."

Walker told police

he was so drunk he had no idea how he managed to shoot himself and why he

went to fetch it.

Mr Hatton said the defendant's mother found him at home covered with blood in the groin area.

It was a doctor at Bassetlaw Hospital, in Worksop, who called in the police.

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Well,

One thing is sure. He won't have the BALLS to do THAT again after he gets out...

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